May 1, 2006
DOWNTOWN BULLSHIT!
(Photo from projectrebirth.org)
Entertainers Penn & Teller devote the latest episode of their Showtime show "Bullshit!" to the fiasco that is going on--or what is not going on--at Ground Zero in Manhattan. It took minutes to bring the site to ruin, a year of 24-hours-a-day work to clear the wreckage, and four and a half years of political and financial bickering to leave Ground Zero a big hole in the ground.
It has been over four years since the worst terrorist attack on American soil and the only reminder is a big gaping hole in the middle of New York's financial district. Disgruntled family members of the victims want to memorialize the fallen, big corporations want to get back to business, local residents remain concerned over the health risks of living and working nearby, and politicians blather on, afraid of making politically incorrect moves. Everyone it seems is angling for a piece of the multi-billion dollar federal government pie to rebuild the site. BULLSHIT! takes on the fight for Ground Zero from street level to New York's towers of power.
A major roadblock to progress has recently been removed, with developer Larry Silverstein ceding control of reconstruction to the NY/NJ Port Authority last week.
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